屠夫

Chinese

		slaughter; slaughter man	husband; man
simp. and trad. (屠夫)		屠	夫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): túfū

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˊ ㄈㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ fu¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): tu² fu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tó͘-hu / tô͘-hu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: túfū
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: túfu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu²-fu¹
    • Yale: tú-fū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twufu
    • Palladius: туфу (tufu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵ fu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou⁴ fu¹
    • Yale: tòuh fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ fuː⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: tu² fu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²⁴ fu²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tó͘-hu
    • Tâi-lô: tóo-hu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dofhw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hu³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘-hu
    • Tâi-lô: tôo-hu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: do'hw
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ¹³⁻²² hu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ hu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔ²⁴⁻²² hu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔ²³⁻³³ hu⁴⁴/

Noun

屠夫

1. (literal, dated) butcher (person who slaughters animals and sells their meat)
2. (figurative) ruthless ruler

Synonyms

• (butcher):

• 屠戶／屠户 (túhù)
• 殺豬的／杀猪的 (sah^4-5 zu¹ deh) (Jin)